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Despite missing some early long shots this time the green light glowed and State kept working for opening at the arc.

Seven of his scoring passes set up made-threes, too, as the point guard showed uncommon patience looking the zone over, dribbling around the top until finding the right teammate, and delivering.

In just a 13-second stretch both forward Tre Scott and center Nysier Brooks drew their fourth personals, with State’s Quinndary Weatherspoon making it sting worse by hitting a three over the tighter substitute-filled zone.

Having navigated a resume-building stretch with wins at Dayton, against Clemson on a neutral court, and now Cincinnati, the Bulldogs will likely rise a bit in next week’s polls.

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